Rin Arakawa
| Rin Arakawa | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Born | 10 October 1999 Saitama, Japan |
| Super GT - GT300 career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | Tomei Sports |
| Car number | 360 |
| Starts | 3 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Super Formula Lights career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | B-Max Racing Team |
| Car number | 51 |
| Starts | 9 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 4 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Previous series | |
| 2019-2023 | F4 Japanese Championship |
Rin Arakawa (荒川 麟, Arakawa Rin, born 10 October 1999) is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Super GT and Super Formula Lights. He was runner up in the 2021 F4 Japanese Championship[1]
Career
[edit]Formula 4
[edit]Arakawa started his debut in 2019 F4 Japanese Championship on the last round.[2] He made his full season debut with Zap Speed, where he did managed to get 2 podiums.[3] Arakawa switched to TGR-DC Racing School for the 2021 season. He finished his highest position in the series as he gets second place in the standings with 2 wins, and 8 podiums. He almost win the title, only lose to Seita Nonaka by 4 points. Arakawa stays again with the same team and series.[4][5] Arakawa managed only to get 3rd place in the standings without a single win to his name. He lose out to Honda Junior drivers, champion Syun Koide & runners up Yusuke Mitsui. Arakawa spends another year in the series, as he returns to Zak Speed for his fourth season in F4.[6]
Super Formula Lights
[edit]Arakawa steps up to Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing Team as he only race for selected rounds.[7] He raced for the first round with "Team Dragon" where he managed to clinch a podium. Then he moved to the B-Max team for the second, and third round.[8] He scored 3 podiums more.[citation needed]
Super GT
[edit]Arakawa joined Tomei Sport for the Super GT - GT300 2024 season as the third driver.[9]
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | F4 Japanese Championship | Akiland Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |
| 2020 | F4 Japanese Championship | Zap Speed | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 8th |
| 2021 | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 126 | 2nd |
| 2022 | F4 Japanese Championship | TGR-DC Racing School | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 173 | 3rd |
| Super Taikyu - ST-2 | KTMS Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 173‡ | 1st‡ | |
| 2023 | F4 Japanese Championship | Zap Speed | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 6th |
| Dr.Dry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 95‡ | 4th‡ | |
| 2024 | Super Formula Lights | Team Dragon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35* | 6th* |
| B-Max Racing Team | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Super GT - GT300 | Tomei Sport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | NC* | |
| Super Taikyu - ST-2 | Saitama Green Brave | ||||||||
| Super Taikyu - ST-X | Team Handwork Challenge |
Complete F4 Japanese Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Arakawasetubi | OKA 1 |
OKA 2 |
FUJ1 1 |
FUJ1 2 |
SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
FUJ2 1 |
FUJ2 2 |
AUT 1 |
AUT 2 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
MOT 1 14 |
MOT 2 15 |
28th | 0 |
| 2020 | Zap Speed | FUJ1 1 Ret |
FUJ1 2 2 |
FUJ1 3 17 |
SUZ 1 2 |
SUZ 2 5 |
SUZ 3 Ret |
MOT 1 DNS |
MOT 2 5 |
MOT 3 17 |
FUJ2 1 Ret |
FUJ2 2 10 |
FUJ2 3 9 |
8th | 54 | ||
| 2021 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1 1 6 |
FUJ1 2 2 |
SUZ 1 5 |
SUZ 2 1 |
MOT1 1 4 |
MOT1 2 3 |
MOT1 3 3 |
SUG 1 4 |
SUG 2 5 |
SUG 3 4 |
MOT2 1 2 |
MOT2 2 1 |
FUJ2 1 3 |
FUJ2 2 2 |
2nd | 213 |
| 2022 | TGR-DC Racing School | FUJ1 1 4 |
FUJ1 2 21 |
SUZ1 1 3 |
SUZ1 2 15 |
FUJ2 1 2 |
FUJ2 2 4 |
SUZ2 1 3 |
SUZ2 2 3 |
SUG 1 8 |
SUG 2 3 |
AUT 1 2 |
AUT 2 2 |
MOT 1 3 |
MOT 2 2 |
3rd | 175 |
Complete Super Formula Lights results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Team Dragon | AUT 1 3 |
AUT 2 6 |
AUT 3 5 |
6th* | 35* | |||||||||||||||
| B-Max Racing Team | SUG 1 3 |
SUG 2 4 |
SUG 3 4 |
FUJ 1 2 |
FUJ 2 5 |
FUJ 3 2 |
OKA 1 Ret |
OKA 2 7 |
OKA 3 8 |
SUZ 1 |
SUZ 2 |
SUZ 3 |
MOT 1 |
MOT 2 |
MOT 3 |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Formula 4 title battles you might have missed in 2021". formulascout.com. 23 December 2021.
- ^ "2019 FIA-F4 Championship Round 13/14 Motegi Tournament Entry List". 20 October 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "F4 JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIP | 2020 FIA-F4選手権 第1/2/3戦 富士大会エントリーリスト". fiaf4.jp. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "2022 第1戦・第2戦 富士スピードウェイ". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "2022 第3戦・第4戦 鈴鹿サーキット". Japanese FIA F4 Championship Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "参戦台数は過去最多の46台。2023年FIA-F4選手権 第1戦・第2戦富士 エントリーリスト". AUTO SPORT web (in Japanese). 2 May 2023.
- ^ "2024シーズンSFライツ参戦体制". B-Max Racing Team (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "SUGO | 2024年 SFL シリーズカレンダー | superformula lights". superformula-lights.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ O'Connell, RJ (21 March 2024). "Asian News Notebook: Super GT, Japan Cup & GT World Challenge Asia". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Rin Arakawa career summary at DriverDB.com